Billiard table



May 20, 1924. 1,495.129

W. CONAMA BILLIARD TABLE original Filed March 22. 1920 'WWW W V EN TOR-W ATTORNEYS.

Patented May 20, 1924.

UNITED STATES twarze PATENT OFFICE.

TRATOR DE Bonis' Non or SAID WILLIA'M'. CONAMA, DECEASED. I

IBILLIARD TABLE.

Application filed March 22, 1920, Serial No. 867,764.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CONAMA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Olmsted and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Billiard Tables, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in billiard table rails.

The object is to so construct or reconstruct a billiard-table rail thatit will have a rack for balls fornied in one of the rails, where theballs can be kept until the game is played, making them easilyaccessible at any time. z

n the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view;

Fig. 2 is a section; and

Fig. 3 is a modification.

A, is an ordinary billiard-table, and 1 is a groove cut in one of therails 2 of a billiard or pocket-billiard table. This is of suitabledepth and proportions so that about one-half of the ball extends downinto the groove, while the remaining half is above Vthe level of therail. I

In this way, a rack for the balls is right Renewed March 12, 1924.

on the table where the balls can be kept i i conveniently until the gameis played, from which groove they can be easily picked out and placedback on the table.

As a slight modification of this invention, the form shown in Fig. 3might be adopted, in 'which a piece of Wood 2' is attached to the railalreadyon the billiard or pocket billiard table in order to widen outthe groove 3, thus affording more space foi` said groove than would beallowed in the original rail itself. l`'to Different devices would haveto be used for the reconstruction of difierent tables, but thefundamental idea of this invention is to construct a rail, orrcconstruct one, soV that a .rack is provided in the rail of thebilliard table for'the balls. i

I claim: As an article of manufacture, a hilliardtable railA made'of twolongitudinal parts having a rack partly the two form complements of eachother,

said rack being of a length adapted to receive a full complement ofpocketfbilliard balls. i

In testimony whereof I afilx mysignature.

WILLIAM CONAMA.

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